Redundancy: Females

Steve Webb:
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of those made redundant in each of the last 12 months were women by (a) region and (b) age. [287328]

Angela E. Smith:
I have been asked to reply.

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated July 2009:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what proportion of those made redundant in each of the last 12 months were women by (a) region and (b) age. (287328)

The attached tables provide estimates for the information requested for the latest four quarters from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). Monthly data are not available.

As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.

The figures in the tables are derived from the LFS microdata which are weighted using the official population estimates published in autumn 2007. They are not entirely consistent with the figures published in the monthly Labour Market Statistics Statistical Bulletin which are weighted using more up-to-date population estimates.

Proportion of people aged 16 and over made redundant( 1) who were women by region, three-month periods ending June, September, December and March: 2008 to 2009, United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted

Percentage

Region

North East

North West

Yorkshire and Humberside

East Midlands

West Midlands

Eastern

London

2008

Q2

40

37

42

46

50

39

33

Q3

47

35

36

39

46

43

63

Q4

25

35

28

32

27

26

55

2009

Q1

28

36

38

32

37

39

34

Percentage

Region

South East

South West

Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

Total

2008

Q2

39

30

38

60

53

42

Q3

33

38

40

60

(2)-

42

Q4

40

26

(2)-

24

(2)-

31

2009

Q1

41

36

22

26

27

34

Proportion of people aged 16 and over made redundant( 1) who were women by age, three-month periods ending June, September, December and March: 2008 to 2009, United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted

Percentage

Age

16-24

25-34

35-49

50-59

60 and over

Total

2008

Q2

50

37

43

41

30

42

Q3

32

29

52

49

44

42

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Q4

23

26

39

32

34

31

2009

Q1

32

34

35

43

25

34

(1) Includes those who have been made redundant in the three months prior to their LFS interview.(2) Sample size too small for reliable estimates. Note:
It should be noted that the above estimates exclude people in most types of communal establishment (e.g. hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites etc.) Source:
Labour Force Survey.

Regional Development Agencies: Expenditure

Mr. Ellwood:
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions the Secretary of State has had with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on levels of funding allocated by regional development agencies for expenditure on support for the tourism industry. [287908]

Ms Rosie Winterton:
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) contributes towards the regional development agencies' (RDAs) single programme budget. The single programme budget, once allocated, is available to the RDAs to deliver regional priorities identified in their regional economic strategies and the challenging targets set by them in the corporate plans. RDAs are currently revising their corporate plans and DCMS are involved in this process.

Regional Development Agencies: Finance

Bill Wiggin:
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what provisional budget his Department has set for regional development agencies in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement. [285690]

Ms Rosie Winterton:
The regional development agencies have an indicative budget of £1.8 billion for 2010-11, and no budgets have been indicated to them beyond that period.

Regional Development Agencies: Pensions

Mrs. Spelman:
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much was paid in employer pension contributions to (a) the Chief Executive and (b) each board member of each regional development agency in each of the last three years. [277993]

Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 4 June 2009]:The financial value of the employer pension contribution made to both RDA chief executives and RDA chairs are detailed in the tables. RDA board members do not receive a pension from the RDA. The data have been rounded up/down, as appropriate and exclude London, which is the responsibility of the Mayor.

AWM

CEX

Chair

2005/06

29,773

18,911

2006/07

17,574

19,995

2007/08

36,676

20,127

EEDA

CEX

Chair

2005/06

26,000

18,991

2006/07

28,000

19,881

2007/08

29,000

20,127

emda

CEX

Chair

2005/06

27,084

18,991

2006/07

27,693

18,329

2007/08

28,764

17,258

NWDA

CEX

Chair

2005/06

19,245

8,849

2006/07

27,693

16,615

2007/08

28,764

28,000

ONE

CEX

Chair

2005/06

25,250

18,911

2006/07

32,729

19,881

2007/08

33,187

20,127

SEEDA

CEX

Chair( 1)

2005/06

37,303

0

2006/07

39,535

0

2007/08

40,182

0

(1) The chair has been in post since December 2002 and is the only board member eligible to receive pension contributions. Employer contributions of £104,344, based on the civil service pension scheme rates, were paid to the chair's personal pension scheme in December 2008 to cover contributions from December 2002 to December 2008 when he was due to retire.

South West RDA

CEX

Chair

2005/06

25,978

18,911

2006/07

29,666

19,881

2007/08

28,764

20,127

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Yorkshire Forward

CEX

Chair

2005/06

32,000

20,739

2006/07

(1)28,000

19,881

2007/08

(1)29,000

20,127

(1) During this period there was a time of overlap where YF had two CEOs. In 2005/06 the outgoing CEX claimed £28,000 while the incoming CEX claimed £4,000 and in 2006/07 the incoming CEX claimed £27,000 while the outgoing claimed £1,000.